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Focus Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Legal support for those experiencing homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eileen Gleeson', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Homelessness services

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Development and Zoning] The development of social housing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Kenny', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Youth Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] National Consultative Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Pre-Budget Submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} + 1 more

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] End Youth Homelessness Campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Homelessness Policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alison Gilliland', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Partnership with Dublin City Council

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Kenny', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Local Election campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': "Email to all local election candidates asking them to read more about Focus Ireland's policy asks which included maximising social housing, development of guidelines for families experiencing homelessness, and development of a youth homeless strategy and commit to these policies if elected."}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] European Elections Campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] Pre Budget Submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Camille Loftus (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Jacqui McCrum', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Need for social housing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Kenny', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Letter re tenant in Ferrybank

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Halligan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Tendering process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Owen Keegan', 'role': 'CEO (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Tendering process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Paul Quinn', 'role': 'Government Chief Procurement Officer (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] To discuss political party manifestos for General Election

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Noel Rock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Discussion of Regulation of AHBs Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Issues affecting homeless families, supports for homeless children, Joint Oireachtas Report on Child Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Referendum on right to housing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Budget 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ed Brophy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Political party manifestos for General Election 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] DCC housing policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Kenny', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Research into domestic violence and homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Neil Ward', 'role': 'Director (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Proposal for festival on social housing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Support for Focus Ireland campaign to end youth homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Request for meeting with newly elected Irish MEPs and FEANTSA, theEuropean Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Report of Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs on child homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Youth homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Supporting proposed amendment to letting scheme for care leavers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Councillors', 'role': 'Letter to all DCC councillors on behalf of the Irish Coalition to End Youth Homelessness'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs